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| | Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
 | | As early as 1934, Boeing began working on several prototypes (Model 322, 333A, 333B, 334A, and 341) with features that ultimately came together in the B-29, among them: a pressurized cabin, tricycle landing gear, long range under heavy bomb loads, etc.. |
 | | Four gunners were in the rear cabin, and the poor tail gunner was trapped in his own little pressurized pocket in the tail for the duration of the flight. |
 | | Boeing test pilot Edmund T. "Eddie" Allen made the first XB-29 flight in September, 1942. |
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